About Humanbyte

Our mission

To help organisations build thriving workplace cultures through expert HR consultancy, human connection and digital innovation.

Our vision

To champion a future of work where human connection leads, technology empowers, and people remain at the heart of organisational success.

Our values
  • Integrity ensures we operate ethically.
  • Innovation ensures we embrace the future.
  • Humanity ensures we never forget why HR exists.

Our specialist team and external partners

Expertise that Adapt to you

From strategic HR leadership to specialist support, our flexible network of People Directors, HR consultants, recruitment, reward and learning experts delivers the right solutions for your business.

External partnerships

Through trusted partnerships across HR, technology and legal services, we bring together specialist expertise to deliver joined-up, innovative and responsible solutions.

Jane Hossack MCIPD

Founder

Jane is an MCIPD-qualified senior HR leader with more than 15 years’ experience delivering people strategy, organisational transformation and hands-on HR leadership. She partners with Boards, CEOs and executive teams across SMEs, large corporates and complex international organisations, aligning people priorities with commercial growth and business performance.

Her global experience spans the UK, Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, supporting workforces of 500–2,000+ employees and leading international HR teams of 5–12. Her sector experience includes aviation, supply chain and logistics, education, tourism, construction, professional services, legal and insurance, across private and public sector environments.

Jane brings expertise across the full employee lifecycle: recruitment, talent and succession, reward, culture and engagement, leadership development, workforce planning and performance management. She also supports organisational design, restructuring, M&A and TUPE integration, complex employee relations, trade union partnerships and governance within highly regulated environments.

Combining commercial insight with a practical, people-centred approach, Jane has led HRIS implementations, AI-enabled analytics, automation and digital learning programmes. Her track record includes halving time-to-hire from around 40 to 20 days and reducing recruitment costs by approximately £500,000 within six months.

Jane holds a Master’s degree in HR Management, a BA (Hons) in Business & Human Resource Management and has completed the Cranfield Strategic Leadership Programme.